The overall public sentiment is deeply skeptical and critical of the Ukraine-Russia peace talks, with many believing the negotiations are insincere and that Russia will not engage genuinely. Commenters predominantly call for Ukraine to maintain its territorial integrity, express frustration towards Zelensky's leadership, and highlight the severe human cost of the ongoing conflict. There is widespread distrust in the involvement of external parties, particularly the U.S., and a belief that any attempts at negotiation are merely political maneuvers rather than genuine efforts toward peace.

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I will stop the war within 24 hours after I become president, THAT IS SO EASYYYY

quackquack1848

cinyar

"We've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas!!"

count023

Not that the US brought any skills to the table

Beo1217

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Then how is the US even going to mine the minerals?

Longjumping_Fly2866

I'm sure the Ukrainians are going to miss all those valuable negotiation skills that were simply telling them to give Putin everything he wanted.

J-the-Kidder

Mineral deal was closed so nothing to rip off left, nothing to do here 😂

Ventriloquist_Voice

Wait, didn't he promise to end the war in 24 hours?

RainbowandHoneybee

The United States will no longer mediate peace talks between Ukraine and Russia. This was stated by US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce at a briefing on May 1.

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"The contribution will change in that we will not be intermediaries... We are certainly still committed to that and will help and do whatever we can. But we're not going to be flying around the world at the drop of a hat to mediate meetings," Bruce said.

She emphasized that negotiations should now take place between the two sides – Ukraine and Russia. And now is the time for them to develop and present concrete ideas on how to end the full-scale war.

Simply_Jesus

So, they did nothing and still failed miserably?

newdentilly

The US will no longer tell it's allies they should've surrendered? GOOD

edit: apologies to that person if they're being harassed due to the attention this post brought

Trumpers are too sensitive and get their feelings hurt very easily, they can't help themselves but to lash out

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk0nUUqG\_Ag](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk0nUUqG_Ag)

daHaus

Honestly this is great news, Ukraine can now by freedom weapons and America is no longer hold them to be neutral. 

Hopefully EU will step up to mediate with a obvious lean towards Ukraine

fatheadsflathead

Haethos

I guess Trump will only tackle easy problems and solutions from now on. When you thought that falling world presence and soft power reached terminal velocity Trump just invents new ways.

Domisu105

This will serve as a great example as to why no one will trust this administration when it comes to tarriffs or any deals going forwards from this point on.

THEPIGWHODIDIT

"I will have the Ukraine war settled in 24h"

https://youtu.be/sRuEJRrxOaQ?feature=shared

cloud_t

“Unless major diplomatic initiatives yield quick and easy results, we are not interested.” Imagine a country run by 10-year olds.

Aggravating_Call910

I will solve this war on day one. Notice I didn't say of what year or what decade
or what century...

TopEagle4012

I don’t understand? I thought he was gonna have this whole thing resolved before he even got into the office? What happened?

US: Hey Ukraine just give 75% of your territory to Russia for a generalized promise of peace.

Ukraine: no. 

US: guess we did our best.

LunarMoon2001

But Orange man said it would be so easy, 24hours. So easy, they respect him so much. Do you mean to say he failed, lied and made an ass of himself?

Norseviking4

Has the mineral deal signed and Don immediately runs away. Corrupt shitstain

TonightsWhiteKnight

You know what they say, if at first you don't succeed, just give up because it's too hard.

cbarrister

Jopelin_Wyde

Turns out the USA didn't have the cards either...

tommo_95

Donny: Hello, Vladimir? STOP. 

Vlad: I have some new pee material for you.

Donny: Hello, Volodymyr? STOP.

butwhywedothis

But Trump was the only guy who could get this done!

adfraggs

"they signed the mineral's deal, we don't care what happens anymore."

DeanXeL

I thought for sure “Vladimir Stop!” Would work

Gold_Belt_1923

Wait... didn't they just sign a rare minerals deal?  We basically strongarm them into giving away an unknown amount of future wealth for their country, and the next day, we drop support?

BeeTwoThousand

Right after getting the mineral deal, what a coincidence.

Cubazcubar

SoBasso

Good. Now send Ukraine some fucking weapons and leave the diplomacy to the adults

stayfrosty

Russian delegation quotes:

"We don’t want war, but we’re ready to fight for a year, two, three—however long it takes. We fought Sweden for 21 years. How long are you ready to fight?"

"Maybe some of those sitting here at this table will lose more of their loved ones. Russia is prepared to fight forever.”

source:

- https://x.com/olliecarroll/status/1923357966880604303
- https://x.com/RobynDixon__/status/1923395655151550606

yikes

teddmagwell

"This could've been an email" moment between the two countries

samratvishaljain

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — The first direct peace talks between Russia and Ukraine since the early weeks of Moscow’s 2022 invasion ended Friday after less than two hours, and a senior Ukrainian official said the Russian side introduced new “unacceptable demands.”

Before they adjourned, Kyiv and Moscow agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war each, according to the heads of both delegations, in what would be their biggest such swap since the war began.

Both sides also discussed a ceasefire and a meeting between their heads of state, according to chief Ukrainian delegate Rustem Umerov.

Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, who headed Moscow’s delegation, said both sides agreed to provide each other with detailed ceasefire proposals and a meeting by their heads of state..

During the talks, a senior Ukrainian official said Russia introduced new “unacceptable demands” to withdraw Ukrainian forces from huge swaths of it’s own territory. The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to make official statements.

The demands had not been previously discussed, the official said.

He said the Ukrainian side reiterated it remained focused on achieving real progress — an immediate ceasefire and a pathway to substantive diplomacy, “just like the U.S., European partners, and other countries proposed,” the official added.

The two sides sat at a U-shaped table but remained far apart in their conditions for ending the war. U.S. President Donald Trump, who has pressed both Moscow and Kyiv for an end to the conflict, saying a meeting between himself and Russian President Vladimir Putin would happen “as soon as we can set it up.”

“I think it’s time for us to just do it,” Trump told reporters in Abu Dhabi as he wrapped up a trip to the Middle East.

VictorEmmanuelIV

Hey, longer than Russia not violating a ceasefire.

Thought Trump would have this settled on day one like he said..

The-cultured-swine39

Everyone knew the Russian delegation was a dog-and-pony show with no actual interest in negotiating, but Ukraine had to show up to avoid giving rage baiters easy talking points to latch onto.

DoggedStooge

Ukraine: Please leave our country

Russia: no

Ukraine : please we want to be a free independent country 

Russia: you will join USSR and be Russian 

Ukraine : no, we are Ukrainian and want to determine our future ourselves 

Russia: Ukraine demands are unreasonable

asexyshaytan

Russia is only ensuring their demographic demise by continuing this conflict. The only people left will be those too old to fight (if age ever mattered) and the criminals that survived to come home still acting like criminals and a hefty dose of ptsd.

LeadOnion

inbetween-genders

Why can't I get unhinged Trump on my side even once??!! Why does he ALWAYS have to be both a chaotic psycho AND do the wrong thing. Couldn't he, just this once, be a chaotic psycho and tell Russia that unless they come to terms with Ukraine we'll fucking lock down the airspace over Ukraine and increase weapons shipments?? Goddamnit.

giantrhino

"stop attacking us"
"Nyet"

*Meeting ends*

kombuchawow

I seem to recall Trump saying recently that if Putin rejects peace he was gonna back Ukraine "like you've never believed." Let's see it Donnie

Tacklinggnome87

Ukraine: “Are you going to stop invading our country?”.
Russia: “Nope”
Meeting adjourned

Logical_Frosting_277

It was bullshit anyway. I dont think the Ukrainians believed it but they need to work with it, to hopefully keep the US in the war.

Mrstrawberry209

Shawn_The_Sheep777

They fought Sweden 21 years, and lost less men than in Ukraine for 3 years.

L0gard

TYBTD

Ukraine: “Withdraw and go home.”
Russia: “No.”
Ukraine: “Get Fucked”

Dismissed.

Fun_Beat1578

Russia: "Surrender"

Ukraine: "No"

US: Shrug emoji, \*walks out\*

Peace talks with the aggressors hell bent on spite and genocide is pointless.

Gloomy-Quality-1106

I can't believe how much Putin screwed himself with this war, he can't stop it without a serious concern of a recession and subsequent protests, I wonder when he gets taken out of power how much longer he would've lasted had he not reignited the war

ShinyStarSam

Anither solid source: "❗️The Russians demanded Ukraine withdraw entirely from 4 of its regions. After being refused by the Ukrainian delegation, they stood up and said, “Next time, it’ll be 5.”

prophecy555

Holy shit if you ever want to imagine hell just look at this table of old rich men discussing how much longer kids have to go killing each other for, for them, for no reason. (Obviously not the Ukrainian side)

Notallowedhe

I'm surprised it lasted that long. Fuck Russia

Kooky-Parfait-2706

Nice they could come to an agreement so fast.

RossCollinsRDT

William_Ballsucker

&gt; We don't want war

But... Russia started it. Unprovoked. And they slaughtered civilians. Unprovoked. 

&gt; We're willing to fight forever

*Why*?

Page8988

Kiwi_CunderThunt

Again to the surprise of fucking no one. The only surprising part was the fact it lasted more than 10 minutes.

IllSurprise3049

And this is a lesson to lads out there to not exchange a nuclear arsenal for a bread crumbles. No matter what USA promises you.

BetaStateGames

Ukraine: “Please leave”
Russia: “No, we want war with you and will fight for many more years if we have to…”
Ukraine: Well Fuck you I guess….

Meeting has concluded….

itsvoogle

ruzzia won't stop.  I get frustrated thinking that any peace plan where Ukraine has to surrender land is anything other than contentious.  Give ruzzia land now and they will return later to take more.  Bet on it.

Significant-Mud2572

Wait did trump brokered that one too? Another world record wow

Mutchmore

That wasn't a peace talk. That was a speech about no surrender

Eternity13_12

anuiswatching

Scary_Routine_971

honestly, if putin went for north korea, no one would care. I don't even think xi would bat an eye. he chose the wrong country to fuck with

kqlx

no_warning-shots117

EntertainerSoggy9837

AppropriateWay857

So they're fighting for nothing but made up bollocks in an effort to seize land ultimately and illegally and everyone is just sat back tucking their balls between their legs like fucking cowards...got it.

peanutbutteroverload

EnjoyTheIcing

Russia as the aggressor shouldn't get to dictate terms at all.

t33-retro

Putin asked for this peace talks and as soon as Ukraine agreed, Putin all of a sudden didn't want the peace talks anymore. He seems to be oblivious as to how incredibly lame this makes him look.

Roselily808

We have staff meetings where the "for the good of the order" lasts longer than these peace talks, we get just as much done unfortunately.

athos5

I thought trump already ended this war?!

/s

katsusan

Put on your rubber boots cause here comes the BS.

DirkDongus

Weird to cite a conflict that ended in stalemate and where Russia got basically nothing. 

Fuck Russia.

Brannigan: "You see, killbots have a preset kill limit. Knowing their weakness, I sent wave after wave of my own men at them until they reached their limit and shut down. Kif, show them the medal I won."

Nihilistic_Navigator

The Russian delegation looked a little too much like what I thought they would.

EsteGueyEsChingon

SirHolyCow

I HATE how blatantly obvious it is that Putin is just stalling because he knows that Trump has this stupid fantasy in his head that he can be friends with Russia. WE NEED SANCTIONS TRUMP, Putin isn’t keeping his side of the deal!

Correct_Literature22

I feel for the Russian population in a sense that Putin really just sees them as meat bags to be thrown into battle. Like, I just don’t truly get it …

brillopadBruva

Well at least they've moved from covert bullying to overt bullying.

neilmg

The high level talks between Ribbentrop and Molotov will not include representatives from Poland

ItspronouncedGruh-an

WTF. So USA capitulated to Russia, want to leave EU out of the talks and Ukraine will need to hand over their resources for "maybe" security, if they don't change their minds.

lofigamer2

From the article:

"Europe will be consulted – but ultimately excluded – from the planned peace talks between Russia, the US and Ukraine, Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine has revealed.

Asked if Europe would be present at the planned talks, Keith Kellogg said he was from “the school of realism, and that is not going to happen”.

“It may be like chalk on the blackboard, it may grate a little bit, but I am telling you something that is really quite honest,” he said on Saturday.

“And to my European friends, I would say: get into the debate, not by complaining that you might, yes or no, be at the table, but by coming up with concrete proposals, ideas, ramp up \[defence\] spending.”

Kellogg’s remarks will cause consternation among some European leaders who do not trust Trump and believe their country’s security is inextricably interwoven with the fate of Ukraine. The Polish foreign minister, Radosław Sikorski, said the French president, Emmanuel Macron, had invited European leaders to Paris on Sunday to discuss the situation."

This is sounds like the münich diktat 2.0 to me.

Admiralen1728

Who tf cares about Trump and his handbag Vance? Let them hold their *talks*. We can firmly reject them right after too.

Pitiful-Eye9093

Why should Europe/Ukraine even care what Trump and Putin agree on? Let them have their bromance for the world to see, then we should ignore whatever shitty deal comes out of it.

CleverDad

Well if “Europe” will be expected to enforce any negotiated peace, then of course “Europe” wil have to be part of that negotiation.

Or does Trump just say yes to Putin on everything, and then hand over to us to deal with the consequences?

SuddenFlame

Even China insists Europe should be part of the talks.

This is so fucked up.

Much_Educator8883

I seriously doubt that the US graps the irepairable damage president Musk and his team is doing to the US. 

AdventurousCrow6580

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